According to international opera performance statistics, three of Verdi's operas, Traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida, are consistently among the most performed operas, with each receiving 300 to 400 performances every year.¹⁾

La Traviata is based on Alexandre Dumas's popular French novel 'The Lady of the Camellias.' The sad love tale and compelling characters, along with Verdi's outstanding music, made the opera a huge hit from the outset. Even now, La Traviata is the most-performed opera in the world.²⁾

The tenor aria 'La donna e mobile' from 'Rigoletto' is one of the most renowned arias ever composed for an opera, and is well known even to those who have never heard opera.³⁾

According to legend, a prominent critic dropped by while Verdi was wrapping up his opera 'Il Trovatore.' Verdi sat at the piano and played him a few passages.⁴⁾